[VicPiMakers SG] 30 Aug SG meeting notes

[Craig Miller]

Hi All,

We had a productive and fun meeting last night. Thanks for Deid & 
Suzanne for hosting us, especially Suzanne for the tasty treats!

Here are my notes (in outline form). Action items are in *bold*

Agenda
	Meet and greet, seeing people in person again
	Fall line up for presentations (so far) (Deid)
		7 Presentations - 11 Sept - what I did over summer
		25 Sept - Intro to Pi discussion
		9 Oct - Forth by George
		23 Oct - Lynn
		13 Nov - IR Communications by Jim
		27 Nov - Flash on Pi - Gordo
		11 Dec - Open
	Another running of "Intro to Pi" sessions (Deid) - no charge
		Tentative dates 4 Mondays (1830-2000), 15, 22, 29 Nov & 6 Dec
			Require proof of vaccination
			Metrics: Cases trending down strongly (less than 10/day), indoor masks no longer required
				Resched in the Spring, if not run in the fall
		Student Packet stuffing -*Mark, Craig, Deid*
		Don has Squids - pre-made board, LED, resisters, and 4 leads - $4 ea
	Logistics of running meetings (in-person + jitsi) (All)
		First meeting - Virtual only
		Sept - Online only
		Oct - Hybrid meetings
		Nov - Hybrid meetings
		Dec - We'll see if in person meetings are possible
		Craft a Poll to understand people's comfort level with meeting in Person -*George*
     	QCollege continues to support us in using their location
		Camosun - would like to have us back -*Deid will talk to Saryta*
     	Collecting donations
			Buy-me-coffee -*George send info*
			People value if they pay for it
	Web server update (Cody)
		She will donate another year of the web server
		Schedule of Presentations on the web server -*Deid*
	SIG Updates (Craig, Mark, Lynn)
		NetSIG white board sessions - Oct
		LinuxSIG - still virtual into the Fall
	Toronto Raspberry Pi group - Sharing presentations (George)
		Start at Third Thursday 7pm ET - once a month
		Chris (organizer) - share speakers -*George to contact Chris*
		Downside - members may move to the Toronto Group
	Treasure's Report (Craig)
		Gave update, no income since March 2020 - Thanks to all of the Donors
	Adjourned 1940

Thanks again to all who attended, and helping VicPiMakers run smoothly,

Craig...

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